I rented this hoping I'd get something a little bit different: a "gothsploitation" film that reveals the eeevvviiilll dark side of goth culture that those crazy kids are into nowadays, ala "Class of 1984" or something like that. I figured it would be laughably bad, and, yeah, "Goth" is that... but it actually tries not to insult its audience's intelligence THAT much.
Don't get me wrong; it's terrible and stupid, a very poorly written movie... but hell, what else WOULD it be? But it was just a little different from what I expected. The filmmakers obviously know little about the "goth" subculture (I don't know that much about it either, really, except that I think it's silly and some of the old "goth" bands like Bauhaus were pretty good), and luckily they don't really PRETEND to be authorities on it. They just sort of use some goth imagery and silly ideas about "darkness" to drive the (lame) plot.
Basically, a character NAMED Goth lures a couple of goth kids on a rampage of death and destruction by constatly taunting them that they're "poser" goths and through threats of physical force. There's alos some hogwash about one of the character's sisters being killed by Goth a few years back and some revenge stuff, but that's all besides the point and really quite useless to the plot.
Anyway, apparently, in order to be a real goth, you simply have to follow three rules:
1. "Embrace the darkness."
2. "Kill your fear."
3. "Live for death."
And apparently this entails having sex with/slashing up ugly, fat prostitues and stabbing random people in goth clubs. It's pretty funny stuff, and the gore is really quite pathetic if you as me. Best part of the movie is Goth's skull necklace that's top flips open to reveal a big pile of cocaine or something. Pretty sweet.
Don't get me wrong; it's terrible and stupid, a very poorly written movie... but hell, what else WOULD it be? But it was just a little different from what I expected. The filmmakers obviously know little about the "goth" subculture (I don't know that much about it either, really, except that I think it's silly and some of the old "goth" bands like Bauhaus were pretty good), and luckily they don't really PRETEND to be authorities on it. They just sort of use some goth imagery and silly ideas about "darkness" to drive the (lame) plot.
Basically, a character NAMED Goth lures a couple of goth kids on a rampage of death and destruction by constatly taunting them that they're "poser" goths and through threats of physical force. There's alos some hogwash about one of the character's sisters being killed by Goth a few years back and some revenge stuff, but that's all besides the point and really quite useless to the plot.
Anyway, apparently, in order to be a real goth, you simply have to follow three rules:
1. "Embrace the darkness."
2. "Kill your fear."
3. "Live for death."
And apparently this entails having sex with/slashing up ugly, fat prostitues and stabbing random people in goth clubs. It's pretty funny stuff, and the gore is really quite pathetic if you as me. Best part of the movie is Goth's skull necklace that's top flips open to reveal a big pile of cocaine or something. Pretty sweet.